Visibility panel, Monitor for change – MTS Multipurpose Elite User Manual
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Note:
The Display Name is only used in the event of validation errors.
Visibility Panel
Visibility Panel
For Docking, select where on the monitor you want the test-run display to be positioned, Top, Left, Bottom,
Right, or Fill, where the display fills the entire tab or panel.
Show Condition lets you show or hide the test-run displays, depending on the condition of the variable
expression. For example, you could set up a condition to check the variable containing the specimen type
for a Set Variable test-run display to make visible the diameter only when the specimen type is round, but
hidden for a rectangular specimen. Likewise, you can use two more Set Variable test-run displays for
width and length to be visible if the specimen type is rectangular but hidden when the specimen type is
round.
Monitor for Change
You can monitor a variable for change by selecting an existing variable from the drop-down list or create
a new one by selecting
about new numeric variables, see
(p. 167)). Every time a change occurs to
the variable you choose to monitor (for the Cycle Statistics Table, Cycle Time Chart, History Chart,
Hysteresis Chart), the data in the view is updated. The default value is Current Cycle Index, which stores
the index number of the current cycle count. Other variables listed in this box are variables specified in
the Save Variables box of the Map Variables window.
To plot the updated data, it must also meet the cycle decimation filter selection criteria.
For example, if you select Current Cycle Index (which is used by the Cycle + DAQ and Custom Waveform
+ DAQ activities to count cycles), the application shows the results only when all of the following are true:
•
The Current Cycle Index variable changes (when the cycle count changes).
•
The cycle meets the selection criteria set in the Cycle Decimation Filter Selection window.
•
The update interval set in the Cycle Decimation Filter Selection window occurs when the selected cycle
is complete but before the next selected cycle.
Monitor for Change is also used to select the Counter variable in the block Information of DAQ.
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